If You Meet a Murderer, Will You Mete Out Justice?

Posted by Editormum on Friday, 1 April 2005 in Definitions | ∞

Watch these tricky little sound-alikes, because misusing them can really make you look bad. Both are verbs (well, most commonly used as verbs). Meet means to come face to face with, to come together with. (Example: We will meet in the conference room.) Mete means to dispense or hand out. (Example: The food pantry will […]